US President Joe Biden has signed a classified policy limiting counterterrorism drone strikes outside conventional war zones, including Afghanistan, New York Times reported this week. The policy requires Biden’s approval before a suspected terrorist is added to a list of those who can be targeted for “direct action,” in a return to a more centralized control of decisions about targeted […]
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US officials hold first meeting with IEA delegation in Qatar since late July
The US officials met in-person with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) officials on Saturday for the first time since the US claimed it had killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in late July, CNN reported quoting two officials familiar with the talks. According to CNN, the Biden administration sent the CIA’s deputy director and the top State Department official […]
Read more ›Afghanistan like Ukraine needs international community’s support: Pakistan FM
Afghanistan like Ukraine needs the international community’s support, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Friday. Speaking at a press conference with German foreign minister in Berlin, Bhutto Zardari said that the 40 million people in Afghanistan are facing a “grave” humanitarian situation. ”The international community needs to work together to help the people of Afghanistan avoid a complete […]
Read more ›Peace is only option to end all conflicts in Afghanistan: Qaisari
The former police chief of Qaisar district of Faryab province considers peace to be the only option to end problems and conflicts in Afghanistan. In an exclusive interview with Ariana News broadcast on Friday, Nizamuddin Qaisari said that the full support of the people for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) depends on the equal treatment of all sections of […]
Read more ›IS Ramps Up Attacks in Afghanistan, Taliban Claim Key Arrest
Amid an intensified terror campaign by the Islamic State Khorasan (ISK) group in Afghanistan which has killed dozens of civilians this week, Taliban authorities claim they have captured the group’s liaison for Europe. On Tuesday, the Taliban’s intelligence agency released a video confession of an alleged ISK member who says he helped foreign nationals join the terrorist group in Afghanistan. […]
Read more ›Suicide bomber strikes at a center of Taliban power, kills 4
A suicide bomber struck at a center of Taliban power Wednesday, setting off a blast at a government ministry in the Afghan capital of Kabul and killing at least four people. The explosion went off in the afternoon as workers and visitors were praying inside a mosque of Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry, which is responsible for security and law enforcement in […]
Read more ›Blast hits a mosque in vicinity of interior ministry, killing 4
An explosion hit a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital near the interior ministry compound on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 25, a ministry spokesman said. The government did not immediately say what caused the blast in Kabul. “The mosque was used by visitors and sometimes by interior ministry employees,” said interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor, who confirmed the casualty […]
Read more ›US envoy for Afghanistan meets Hina Khar
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West met Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Wednesday and discussed issues of mutual interest, as well as, Afghanistan’s situation. The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to a peaceful, prosperous, and stable Afghanistan. They emphasized the need to improve the Afghan economy and prosperity. US Ambassador to Pakistan […]
Read more ›Daesh and other similar militant groups defeated in Afghanistan: Muttaqi
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s foreign minister, says Daesh group has lost its ability to carry out operations in Afghanistan, adding that it; therefore, targets defenseless people in the country. Meeting the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas Nicholson Tuesday, Muttaqi accused the western countries of ignoring the progresses which have been made in terms of eradicating […]
Read more ›India’s Renewed Strategy Or Double-Game In Afghanistan – OpEd
The geopolitical landscape of South Asia has mostly remained turbulent for quite a long time. India has actively pursued an Afghanistan policy based on Kautilya’s strategy for neighborhood that says ‘enemy’s enemy is a friend’. India has been a major player in Afghanistan against Taliban as well as Pakistan in the last 20 years. In the wake of the fall […]
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